Cellular mobile, cellular phone, mobile phone, handy phone. Call them what you like, but Finns have always been crazy about phones. Even as early as in 1878, just two years after the invention of the telephone, the new and revolutionary gadget was first used in Tampere. Rupriikki illustrates the telephone's entire cycle of development from the very first landline phones all the way to the latest mobile game deck devices.

Voice services have always been an important part of using the telephone. We all know about telephone directory enquiries and phone booths and many of us have found out the time from the Speaking Clock. But that's not all, telephone services also provide meal tips, news, information about what's on at the theatre and cinema and much more.

The telephone is vital for all means of communication. Telephone lines (wired or wireless) convey more and more information in electronic form. The original purpose of telephones, conveying voice calls, has not been forgotten, either. Today's telephones enable conversations almost anywhere and anytime.